The things they carried were based on weight. A wildland firefighter's pack weighs 45 pounds fully kitted out. Sawyer's packs weigh more. They contain all the necessary tools used to fight brush fires: fuses for backfiring; extra parachute cord; headlamps and spare radio batteries; two days' worth of rations; and above all, our fire shelters. We all carried our Incident Response Pocket Guides in our helmet webbing; they contained complete instructions for how to be a firefighter. We used that thing all the time.
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